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Garmin, EZ-Link team up to offer dual-use wearables
By Digital News Asia January 20, 2017
- Two wearables offer commuters convenience of paying for rides
- Contactless payment chips used in ez-link cards integrated with devices
GARMIN and Singapore’s EZ-Link Pte Ltd have collaborated to offer more convenience to commuters with the launch of the new EZ-Link wearables that offers EZ-Link payment functions.
Wearable devices that would integrate with EZ-Link’s cashless payments include the Batman v Superman Fitness Tracker X EZ-Link that was made in collaboration between EZ-Link and Watchdata Technologies. The solution also extends to Garmin’s Vivosmart HR fitness band (pic).
Both wearable devices carry the EZ-Link CEPAS purse for fast, convenient and reliable contactless payments on public transport and EZ-Link acceptance points island-wide.
“Our vision for EZ-Link Wearables is to give our users new possibilities and freedom, by blending an essential part of their daily journeys,” said EZ-Link’s chief executive officer Nicholas Lee.
With a tap of their wearable devices, commuters can pay for their rides without having to take out their EZ-Link card.
The solution definitely would benefit fitness enthusiasts who only need to wear their fitness band to travel and purchase goods.
“Integrating the latest smarts, such as innovative payment solutions, into our wearable devices is one of the key pillars of our ongoing efforts to help consumers experience new ways of convenience in their daily life,” said Al Sundoro, General Manager, Garmin South Asia.
Last year Garmin had integrated a similar contactless chip into its Vivosmart HR bands in Taiwan to allow commuters to pay for public transport and select outlets.
The Batman v Superman Fitness Tracker X EZ-Link is available exclusively on My EZ-Link Online Shop from 24 Jan 2017, onwards at S$42.80 while the Garmin VivoSmart HR with EZ-Link will be available at major retailers from end March 2017 at US$181 (S$259).


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In a terse, one-sentence press release, Siebel Systems today confirmed it has closed 175 new transactions for its hosted product, CRM OnDemand, since the start of Q2 2004 and that the number includes 62 new OnDemand customers.
Siebel and IBM first announced the hosted CRM cooperative product, which the two companies jointly developed, distribute and service, last October. OnDemand specifically targets the growing market for easy-to-install and affordable CRM systems while providing about 40 percent of Siebel’s on-premises CRM functionality.
Denis Pombriant, managing principal at Beagle Research, told CRM Buyer that he thinks the numbers sound okay for a new market entrant. However, he added, he is more interested in seeing year-to-year comparisons a year from now.
When CRM Buyer asked for more details about the brief statement, Siebel spokesperson Steve Diamond said he could not say more than was in the release and that because of the Memorial Day weekend it would be difficult to find anyone who could answer questions regarding the statement. IBM contacts for OnDemand also were not immediately available for comment.
Marketing Muscle Pays Off
Yankee Group program manager Sheryl Kingstone told CRM Buyer in an interview that, considering the marketing muscle the companies are putting behind OnDemand, she expected to see this level of momentum. However, she noted that she wants to know more about the customer base: “What type of customers are they? How are they using it? What’s their experience like? Are they testing it or committed to it?”
The OnDemand.com site lists a spectrum of customer companies in diverse industries around the world, including AMS, a supplier of electronic component kits and solutions for printed circuit-board assembly; ATB Financial, a US$13.8 billion, full-service financial institution based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; eTelecare International, a global call-center provider and the leading call center in the Philippines; Kehoe Tile & Stone, a tile, stone and slab subcontractor serving residential and commercial markets; and Neon Enterprise Software (NESI), a leading developer of software products for efficient management of enterprise data.
After Failure, Joint Development
Siebel launched its first entry into the hosted space in 1999. Its Sales.com service failed quietly, but the company apparently still believed in the approach. Rumors spread of a Siebel-and-IBM joint offering. While other companies capitalized on the opportunity in the hosted CRM space, the two giants worked together and then launched CRM OnDemand last October, hoping their name and expertise would create demand.
For the joint solution, Siebel provided functionality based on its CRM model and handled customer support and billing issues. IBM built the hosting infrastructure using its WebSphere J2EE application server.
Both companies tout the OnDemand product as an offering that is easy to use and configure as a Web site. Hosting is a good way to remove some complexity so that users with limited resources — as many late adopters are — can get the benefits of CRM, Pombriant said.
The product allows customers to start a small CRM project with minimal start-up time, deploy it quickly and grow their CRM system as requirements evolve, according to Siebel and IBM. It supports individuals and companies that want to manage contacts, sales opportunities, products, prices, competitors, events, marketing campaigns and customer-service requests.
New Editions Coming
Earlier this month, Siebel announced CRM OnDemand Industry Editions, offering them at $100 per user per month. Customers signing a one-year agreement receive an introductory price of $70 per user per month.
Siebel says the Industry Editions provide out-of-the-box capabilities that meet the specialized needs of eight different industries, enabling companies to address sales, service and marketing challenges unique to their industry. Siebel plans to make editions for the insurance, high-technology, automotive and communications and media industries available this summer. Editions for financial services, life sciences, manufacturing and consumer goods will follow in the winter.
Too Many Messages
Beagle Research’s Pombriant said that by introducing a hybrid solution, in which companies effectively build their own hosted infrastructures around a core Siebel implementation, Siebel has defined a new space.
“It might be a hybrid solution, but it is an effective method of providing the right amount of CRM functionality where it is needed, when it is needed,” he said. “I see this hybrid providing an important part of enterprise infrastructure that should be appealing to many companies.”
Pombriant added, however, that with one message designed to promote hosting only, another for on-premises only, and a third for hybrid, Siebel might have too many. Perhaps Burger King’s “have it your way” combined with “tell us how we can help” can tie together these various corporate messages, he mused.
“Sure, the numbers are nice, but salesforce.com has thousands,” the Yankee Group’s Kingstone said. “I want to know how OnDemand customers are reacting. How they feel about it is the real bottom line for me.”


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My one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth YouTube video Trend of the Week: “3 Tech Stocks for the Next Wave of Products” went up today. Tech has been hammered as of late, but there will always be new innovations and new products emerging to give these companies in this sector a long and profitable future–after this Bear Market is over. In this video, I look at why AAPL, AMD, and QCOM have solid growth stories based on new products in the pipeline.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 was on track for a decent day–the index was up 0.79% at 12:43 p.m. New York time–and then Bloomberg broke a story, picked up everywhere, reporting that Apple (AAPL) intended to slow hiring and reduce spending growth next year. The S&P 500 finished the day down 0.84% and Apple shares closed down 2.06%.
Analysts at New York investment house Cowen now expect worldwide mobile phone shipments this year to decline by 6% from a year ago to 1.36 billion. In 2023, the company projects shipments will dip by another 2% to 1.33 billion units. Perhaps most worrying for investors is Cowen’s analysis of where the market problems lie: In weakness in the high-end smartphone market.
Going into this earnings season, the hope was that strong, surprisingly strong perhaps, earnings from the big growth stocks would put a stop to the selling. Earnings would be strong enough to convince investors that the market wasn’t over-valued since at these growth rates stocks would be seen to be quick growing into current extended valuations That hasn’t exactly worked so far. But this week the earnings story from growth stocks hits its stride. If the companies reporting this week can’t make the case for growth stock earnings, there probably isn’t a growth stock story to be made in the light of Federal Reserve interest rate increases, supply chain disruptions, and fears of a recession.
Netflix stuns with loss of 200,000 users in first quarter–what’s that mean for other consumer companies?
Shares of Netflix (NFLX), fell 25.73% today, April 19, in after-hours trading after the company announced first quarter earnings. (In regular trading the shares had gained 3.23%.) The stock was already down 42% for 2022 before today’s after-hours plunge. The bad news: In the first quarter of 2022 Netflix (NFLX) lost 200,000 subscribers. That was a bit short of the company’s guidance for the addition of 2.5 million subscribers for the quarter. And to put a cherry on top of the bad news in the company’s earnings report, Netflix forecast that it would lose another 2 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2022.
This week, my Quick Pick is Apple (AAPL). I wrote a post about a month ago, saying that Apple would be a stock to buy place ahead of its new product event on March 9 (and the traditional fall announcement of more new products.). And I think the reveal yesterday had promising new products likely to boost sales. There’s a new iPad Air, an improved iPhone SE (the cheapest iPhone), and new generations of Mac computers all with Apple’s new in-house M1 chip. The stock has fallen a bit so far this year, but hasn’t been hammered as much as other tech stocks, and I think the potential for huge sales of these new items make it a good holding over the next year.
It’a always dangerous to construct a trend from Friday’s trading. Especially when the earlier part of the week has been so strong in one direction or another. (In this case, down, down, down.) Ahead of the weekend, stocks often reverse the trend from earlier in the week as sellers (in this case) decide that they don’t want to be quite so bearish until the market opens on Monday. So it’s not surprising that stocks gained today on nothing especially qualifying as news. But with all those caveats, I still found today’s action “interesting” and “perhaps” indicative of a future trend. Not only were stocks as a whole strongly higher–the Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 2.44% on the day–but technology stocks led the move to the upside.
Special Report: When will the selling stop? When to buy? What to buy? My last 3 of 10 picks (Apple, Disney, and Chipotle)
Take a look at Peloton Interactive (PTON) and Netflix (NFLX) just in case you need a reminder of one of the essential characteristics of this stock market. One that makes it so hard to tell where the market as a whole is going, and what individual stocks are headed up or down (and often down big time.) What growth rate should an investor use in trying to value the stock? Who knows? Which is exactly the point and not a problem limited to Peloton in this economy. I’ve found a handful of stocks with reliable internal growth stories that make them great buy-on-the-dip candidates for over performance in the second half of 2022. I’m making three of those stocks–Apple (AAPL), Disney (DIS), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)–my last 3 picks for my Special Report
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My ninetieth YouTube video “3 Picks on Tech Stock Guidance” went up today.
When I bought shares of Apple (AAPL) in my Jubak Picks and Volatility Portfolios, I was looking for gains from the end of the year rally (which kind of fizzed out) and the traditional Santa Claus rally (which came through as expected) to drive shares higher in the short term. Since that November 23, 2021 pick, shares of Apple, as of the close today January 4, were up 12% to $179.70, just above my $179 target price for this short-term trade.
This earnings season looks so tricky that I’m going to sit it out rather than attempt to leverage moves in the shares of reporting companies by purchasing either Call (a bet that the stock will go up) or Put (a bet that the stock will go down) options.
I’m starting up my videos on JubakAM.com again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My seventy-eighth YouTube video “Look Out for Earnings Season” went up today.


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Top Chinese internet company Tencent has launched the country’s first private online bank, called WeBank after the company’s popular messaging app WeChat.
Last year the Chinese government launched a pilot programme to make financing more easily available to smaller businesses, which are often rejected by the country’s larger, state owned banks. In order to do so the Chinese government approved licenses for five banks backed by ten private investors, including Tencent rival Alibaba, which will be launching its own bank in partnership with Fosun International.
Tencent and Alibaba intend to use ‘big data’ to assess the risk of lending to smaller businesses, which provide about 60 per cent of China’s GDP and around 75 per cent of new jobs, the Financial Times reported. The two companies already compete in messaging and e-commerce.
China premier Li Keqiang said “we will lower costs for and deliver practical benefits to small clients, while forcing traditional financial institutions to accelerate reforms” as he issued WeBank’s first loan at a ceremony in Shenzhen. By pressing a button, the Chinese premier authorised the new bank’s first 35,000 RMB (about $5,600) to a truck driver.
It's banks, not government agencies, that the British people trust to deliver biometric authentication payment services, says a new Visa study.
With less than two weeks to go until the US liability shift hits its first anniversary, MasterCard published new data evidencing the positive impact the technology is having on issuing banks, merchants and consumers, as well as saying adoption continues to grow.
Three years since the public consultation, and a year since the £20 was revealed to be the next note to have a makeover, 13th September marks the day that the new £5 polymer bank note enters into circulation.
Global card payments are growing at twice the rate of the number of cards in circulation as acceptance booms and consumer habits shift away from cash.


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E-scooter hire is being touted as an environmentally friendly transport solution for regional towns, many of which are without public buses, trains and rideshare companies.
This week, the Esperance Shire Council agreed to let e-scooter hire company Beam operate in the south coast town on a trial basis, beginning in a couple of weeks.
About 200 scooters will be available for hire and riders will pay for them using a mobile app.
They will be charged $1 to unlock the scooter and then 45 cents for every minute they use it.
Esperance Shire President Ian Mickel said the scooters would provide a much-needed transport option.
"We've got no public services in town other than taxis, so we thought we'd give it a try," Cr Mickel said.
While some have warned that many regional locations do not have the public infrastructure necessary to safely ride e-scooters, Cr Mickel said Esperance had invested in quality bike and footpaths and did not believe that would be an issue.
"I think we've got excellent dual-use paths around town," he said.
Tom Cooper, the general manager of Beam, said there would be designated digital parking spots for the scooters throughout town and believed people would only need to walk 3-4 minutes at the most to find a scooter and parking spot.
He said another advantage was that residents could opt to leave their car at home and take an e-scooter to lower their carbon footprint.
Mr Cooper said the company hoped to stimulate the local economy by sending special offers through the mobile app for riders to redeem in local shops, when they park their scooters nearby.
New 'eRideable laws' coming to WA
Interstate, e-scooters have been the subject of safety concerns.
Beam is due to set up in Esperance just after new WA laws come into play, setting out speed limits, right-of-way rules, age limits and safety requirements for using this type of vehicle.
Riders will be limited to 25 km/h on bike paths and roads, and 10 km/h on footpaths.
They will also need to give pedestrians right of way, be at least 16 years old, wear a helmet and abide by the same mobile phone and drink and drug driving rules as other motor vehicle users.
Mr Cooper said the scooters had GPS in them and helmets attached and said there would be "slow zones" and "no-ride zones" in places with a lot of pedestrians.
"Through technology we will control how these devices are used," he said.
The company said every ride would be covered by its personal accident insurance.
The Esperance Shire Council approved the permit for Beam to operate until the end of next year.
Shire CEO Shane Burge said it would be monitoring the trial throughout to make sure there was no adverse community impact.


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A Papa John's restaurant is seen on July 11, 2018 in Miami, Florida.
"Papa John's is building a better culture, and I want to be a part of improving the company from the inside out", O'Neal said in a statement. He becomes the board's first black board member in history, the company said.
Papa John's shares rose more than 4 percent in midday trading Friday.
Papa John's sales have struggled for the past 15 months, leading to closed franchised locations and a rescue investment from activist investor Starboard Value.
Shaquille O'Neal will join the board of Papa John's, making him the first African-American director at a company still suffering from its founder's various scandals.
Brexit: Vote on Theresa May's deal may not happen next week
Although until the petition surpasses 17.4 million ( the amount of people who voted Leave in 2016 ), I wouldn't hold your breath. European Union leaders have agreed to delay the departure date by at least two weeks.
The proposed promotional agreement calls for the company to be allowed to use O'Neal's "name, nickname, autograph, voice, video or film portrayals, facsimile signature, photograph, likeness and image or facsimile image to market and promote ... the Company in any and all media". He already has some stake in Atlanta with a Krispy Kreme franchise, and he owns a Big Chicken place in Las Vegas.
National Basketball Association legend Shaquille O'Neal attends the grand opening of Shaquille's At L.A. Live at LA Live on March 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. "In addition to his business acumen, Shaquille understands how to build lasting connections with consumers and energize employees", he said.
The NBA Hall of Famer will be a "triple threat", he said on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" after the announcement Friday morning. He is likable, and Papa John's has been in need of an image rehab since its founder, John Schnatter, used the n-word in a conference call; he resigned as chairman past year.
Ever since the Schnatter incident, Papa John's has been picking up the pieces.
Following the decline of sales 5 quarters in a row after their founder and CEO admitted to using the N-word in a conference call, Papa John's is now hoping that Shaquille O'Neill will help save the company and restore its reputation.


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DETROIT -- Hyundai unveiled the first images that provide a clear view of the redesigned 2013 Santa Fe crossover.
The vehicle will be introduced next month at the New York auto show.
Hyundai calls the styling design "storm edge," an evolution of the fluidic sculpture design philosophy seen on the Sonata, Elantra and the upcoming 2013 Azera.
The front-end styling adopts Hyundai's hexagonal grille and chrome three-bar pattern.
In an interview late last year, John Krafcik, Hyundai Motor America CEO, said response in clinics to the redesigned Santa Fe has been very positive. In fact, the response has been more positive in clinics for the Santa Fe than it was for the redesigned Sonata before that car was introduced for the 2010 model year, Krafcik said. The Sonata exceeded the automaker's sales expectations.


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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Repatriation in Nippon
A veritable mountain of overseas cash could be repatriated in short order given these proposed taxation changes. However, one should be very careful deriving this conclusion from the below news article as the Japanese Ministry of Finance understands recursive systems very well. In this case, repatriation will lead to massive purchases of Yen to benefit from lower taxation. The demand for Yen will likely crowd out the inflationary effect of lower taxes. I am sure the MoF will wish to study the trade-off effects prior to rubber-stamping this measure.
Japan prefers a weaker Yen in order to prop up their export markets, and despite attempting to engineer controlled inflation for a decade, domestic demand remains weak. The U.S. remains the consumption engine for the world.
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Prime Minister Taro Aso told lower house lawmakers Wednesday that his government will consider including incentives for Japanese companies to repatriate profits earned abroad in a tax reform package for fiscal 2009.
"There's a wide range of tax issues we need to tackle, starting with creating an environment conducive to overseas subsidiaries' profits flowing back to Japan," Aso said in response to a question posed by ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda.
Japanese firms are increasingly leaving their profits abroad, where tax rates are often lower than at home. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has proposed exempting domestic companies from taxes on dividends from overseas affiliates in which they hold stakes of 25% or more, arguing that doing so would help boost domestic investment.
On other tax matters, Aso reiterated support for tax cuts during the current fiscal year and said that breaks for energy-saving technologies and other incentives will be considered. He also said that increasing the consumption tax is "unavoidable" but added that "it would be difficult in the current economic situation."
Lawmakers will begin debating fiscal 2009 tax reforms later this year.
As for economic stimulus measures, the prime minister stressed the need to pass the fiscal 2008 supplementary budget as soon as possible.


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What Are The New Tier 4 Rules?
Operators might want to take steps to ensure that the therapy plant is able to function successfully as flows into it improve after their companies reopen. Where necessary, technical advice and help should be sought from the manufacturer or provider of the treatment plant or a reliable sewage remedy plant upkeep engineer. The Environment Agency has now issued guidance for those companies looking for to reopen on four July on the need for personal sewage treatment crops to be made ready for use once more following a interval of shutdown or low flows.
This page shall be often updated to offer updated information and recommendation. Instant alcohol supply in Essex is offered by several daytime and/or all night time delivery services working within the county. There are additionally booze delivery companies in North East London that could be prepared to deliver to elements of Essex, when you’re having difficulties locating a supplier. Some of the after hours supply services supply much more than alcohol, with menus including extras like cigarettes, tobacco, snacks, sizzling meals, deserts, munchies and different interesting items. We used to listing Essex supply companies known as Boozy Call, Bootleggers Delivery, AlcoCall and Afters Late Night Delivery Service but so far as we know, they’ve ceased buying and selling.
The Welsh Government Finance Minister and the Minister for Economy have introduced a brand new £1.4bn enterprise assist package deal to help businesses throughout Wales. HMRC has up to date details for companies and the self-employed people who find themselves in monetary misery, and with excellent tax liabilities, who could also be eligible to receive assist through HMRC’s “Time To Pay” service. The Government has announced further details on the new factors-based immigration scheme for businesses that comes into impact on 1 January 2021. Under the new system, companies might want to register as sponsors in the event that they wish to recruit staff from abroad. Businesses will be assessed based on their respective nationwide guidance. This contains social distancing and cleanliness protocols that have to be in place. In England, companies align with the UK Government’s official steerage for the sector.
It is crucial that the Government supplies clear steering in collaboration with the tourism business that may enable these businesses to again make a sizeable contribution to the nation’s economy. Following consultations with members, we’re advocating a self-certification scheme, and will be working with other tourism organisations to ensure it really works in rural as well as urban contexts. The Tourism Industry Council, which the CLA sits on, is now the Visitor Economy Working Group of this taskforce. The aim of the working group will be to develop steering to help the restart of tourism companies.
What Are The Brand New Tier Four Rules?
The CLA has produced a brief briefing observe that details the new support preparations which can be downloaded here. Grants will be paid immediately into your checking account, in a single lump sum instalment masking all three months. The government has introduced that the grants paid under this scheme shall be paid by 25 May, or inside six days of a accomplished declare.
Following adjustments to the scheme and its extension by authorities, claims from July onwards are to be restricted to employers at present using the scheme and previously furloughed staff. The government has introduced the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill in Parliament, that may put in place a sequence of measures to amend insolvency and company legislation to help enterprise in the course of the Covid-19 outbreak. The Government has launched a new internet-primarily based software to assist companies discover the best out there support through the Covid-19 outbreak. Through a step-by-step course of, companies are able to find whether or not they’re eligible for the Government’s support measures and tips on how to apply. The Government has updated steering on the Discretionary Grant Fund which is out there to companies with beneath 50 employees with mounted property costs that aren’t eligible for the Small Business Grant Fund or the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund. The scheme will close for purposes on 31 March 2021, but we believe Local Authorities will identify and pay all relevant companies as soon as possible as soon as the funding is obtained. However, if a business believes they are eligible however has not been contacted by the respective Local Authority, they should contact them.
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Event areas can be used for reasons permitted by legislation, together with for schooling and coaching functions the place fairly necessary. Accommodation providers may keep their business open to supply lodging to susceptible groups together with the homeless, to host blood donation periods, or for any purpose requested by the Secretary of State, or a neighborhood authority. Under the scheme, DMOs will have the ability to obtain up to £2,500 per thirty days for 2 members of non-furloughed workers who provide essential enterprise assist companies and up to £5,000 to cowl operating prices. The Government has set out a sequence of assist measures to help businesses that have been ordered to shut during the 2nd Covid-19 lockdown.
From 1 July 2020, companies will be given the flexibility to convey previously furloughed staff back part time, a month sooner than beforehand introduced to assist support people back to work. The Government has set out guidance for heritage businesses seeking to apply for the grant assist scheme worth £88m.
New guidelines have additionally been launched for hospitality businesses in each of the three tiers. The Government will continue to pay eighty% of a furloughed workers salary to a cap of £2,500 as much as July. For the following three months , the rate of payment will remain at eighty% but businesses shall be required to make a contribution to this fee. More particulars are nonetheless to be announced and might be made obtainable on the CLA website. The CLA member briefings on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are being updated and might be out there on the CLA web site. There is separate steering detailing how the employment standing of staff impacts on a companies’ capability to furlough them.
The Government has announced that a free digital abilities platform is now out there which gives individuals entry to online programs together with digital expertise and numeracy. Defra has launched a brand new web site for these on the lookout for work on UK farms over the harvest period with recruiters who’ve roles to fill.
The Government has up to date steering on how finest for companies to undertake social distancing so as to protest employees and customers through the outbreak. Leading taking pictures, rural organisations and charities are reminding the taking pictures group of the significance of following the legislation and government steerage after the third national lockdown comes into pressure all through England on 6 January 2021. Local authorities, however, can select to make funds to different businesses based on native economic want with the allocation of funding at the discretion of native authorities. The Government has introduced that Local Authorities are to obtain a further £617m as a high up to the small business grants scheme. Those workers who do not reside on-farm however travel to work, might be required to be tested after which self-isolate, even within the occasion of a adverse check. They is not going to be permitted to journey to work because the farm will be designated a protected space.
The scheme has been developed in partnership with Tourism Northern Ireland, VisitScotland and Visit Wales to ensure a standard-led strategy throughout the UK with enter from greater than forty industry bodies including the CLA. The CLA’s Covid-19 steerage for rural tourism operators can be found here. Businesses that signal up to the standard will be notified of any adjustments to the official steering. Assessors of the scheme may also carry out random spot-checks to ensure compliance.
Authorities Steering On The Covid
Any VAT liabilities which have amassed during the deferral period will have to be paid at the end of the 2020/21 tax yr. Full guidance on the extension and on other enterprise help measures might be revealed on Tuesday 10 November. Local Authorities will obtain a further £1.1bn (distributed on the idea of £20 per head of inhabitants in an area) that can be used by the local authority to supply further one-off help for business.
The new scheme will help supply chains so that companies are able to continue to trade understanding that if a customer defaults or delays on cost there shall be protection. The Government has introduced that it will present £10bn in help for commerce credit insurance for companies affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. The Government has but to publish the steering for business assist for those in every tier. We consider, nevertheless, it is going to be similar to the arrangements that have been in place earlier than the second lockdown. Members of the general public can journey to a centre if the waste of their house presents a risk of damage or a risk to public well being or the local environment beneath the foundations of the lockdown.
The scheme has so far accredited over £320.6m of convertible loans to 322 innovative businesses throughout the UK. Our member-solely advice notice explains the full range of business help measures and how they have an effect on your business.
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Small companies will have the ability to access loans price up to 25% of turnover, as much as a most £50,000. The loans might be a hundred% guaranteed by the Treasury, that means the government will take on all of the default danger.
The deadline for applications is 12.00pm on 17 August 2020 and awarded grants have to be spent by 31 March 2021. The government will begin to implement Step three when the scientific advice permits however not earlier than four July. This ought to embrace a few of the remaining businesses and premises that have been required to shut, including private care hospitality , public places and leisure facilities . BT has issued steering on its Skills for Tomorrow programme on account of the COVID-19 outbreak. With massive numbers of individuals are self-isolating or confined to their houses, it’s critical that folks with low or no digital skills can keep in touch with family and friends and access health services. The unfold of COVID-19 presents significant challenges to small businesses.
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New steerage has additionally been produced on the use of community centres, village halls, and different multi-use neighborhood services assist a wide range of native actions. From 4th July, customers of group amenities ought to limit their social interactions to 2 households in any location; or, if outdoors, probably as much as 6 people from different households. It will be against the regulation for gatherings of more than 30 individuals to happen.
The Government has now printed steering for tourism and hospitality businesses on the gathering of data as part mountain man e liquid review vapor reviews of the NHS Test and Trace system. Can anybody be furloughed or simply individuals who have been furloughed previously?
The web site will act as a hub to signpost individuals to the roles available and to offer details about this kind aspire revvo tank of work. It helps the CLA’s efforts for farms to supply more UK-based mostly labour via #FeedtheNation.
In addition, households with kids at house from school might want to get the most effective out of technology to help their children to be taught and play. Finally, many people want assist as they work at home for the primary time. 201448,588523,0004,04943,5831.27% 11In May 2005, Tesco introduced a trial non-food only format near Manchester and Aberdeen, and the primary store opened in October 2005. The retailers provided all of Tesco’s ranges besides food in warehouse-style items in retail parks.
The new Trade Credit Reinsurance scheme aims to supply guarantees to traders in business to business transactions and the government guarantees will search to ensure that commerce credit score insurance coverage is maintained. The Government has set out new laws to enforce social distancing through the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the reopening of businesses after lockdown, the variety of Covid-19 circumstances has increased significantly, resulting in a number or areas in England being positioned into local lockdown.
No software is needed and this will apply to all VAT registered companies. VAT returns will still must be submitted throughout this period as HMRC will continue to pay refunds and reclaims during this period.
The new scheme aims to help small and medium-sized businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000. The Chancellor has announced new “bounce again loans” for SMEs that shall be obtainable from 9am subsequent Monday.
NE are creating a variety of processes looking at the way to finest use know-how including distant sensing, digital solutions and virtual conferences to support Countryside Stewardship 2020 functions. As the coronavirus outbreak is unfolding, the UK Government’s approach, advice and assist is altering quickly. The Chancellor has announced a sequence of measures to assist small and medium sized companies.
Tesco launched the format as only 20% of its customers had entry to a Tesco Extra, and the corporate was restricted in how many of its superstores it may convert into Extras and the way shortly it could do so. Until the late Nineties/early 2000s there were a number of non-meals Tesco outlets across the country including Scarborough and Yate. Although not in a warehouse-type format, the outlets were positioned on excessive streets and purchasing centres, and stocked similar objects to Homeplus shops. In each circumstances this was as a result of one other a part of the buying centre had a Tesco Superstore that stocked food objects solely. By 2014, the variety of Homeplus retailers within the United Kingdom had reached 12; the latest store opened in Chester in July 2009. In 2012 it was reported that Tesco was looking to close the enterprise to focus on groceries. Tesco closed six Homeplus retailers on 15 March 2015, and the remaining six retailers closed on 27 June 2015.
The Government has announced that the Future Fund will now allow businesses that do not have their mother or father firm based mostly within the UK to use to the scheme. The Home Office has issued guidance on how companies can shield themselves from fraud and cyber crime. The increased use of the web has meant that more people are weak to the potential of being focused by criminals. The recommendation covers tips on how to protect your self and the enterprise; and where to get help. The Government has introduced a new plan to deal with the issue of loneliness through the Covid-19 lockdown. As a part of a new £750m bundle to assist charities, the £5m #Let’sTalkLoneliness public campaign has been rolled out to get individuals speaking brazenly about loneliness.
Full particulars on how the TCI guarantee will function shall be placed on the CLA web site when available. The Government assure is meant to protect companies in the market by supporting provide chains and allow companies to carry on trading with the boldness that any failure to pay is protected via TCI. The Government is to quickly guarantee enterprise to enterprise transactions which are at present supported by Trade Credit Insurance . For businesses within the manufacturing and building sectors TCI is essential in providing cover for suppliers selling to firms that will default on payment. The Government has now consolidated all of the relevant advice and coverage that helps homeowners and operators of rural and coastal areas in the tourism and hospitality sectors. This one document will assist businesses, councils and Destination Management Organisations operating in these areas. The Future Fund was launched in May and can initially be open until the end of September.
Businesses will be capable of entry these loans through a network of accredited lenders. The scheme is designed to support progressive UK firms with good potential, that tend to rely on fairness funding and are at present affected by Covid-19. Until now these firms have been unable to entry other government enterprise help programmes because they are both pre-income or pre-revenue.
Eligible businesses which are eligible are these that have been informed by authorities to close by Government under the Covid-19 laws. These embody non-important retail, leisure, private care, sports facilities and hospitality companies. Information as to what constitutes an eligible enterprise could be discovered here. The Government has announced a collection of modifications to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme , together leads for your local vape business with furloughing and the amount paid by employers underneath the scheme. The guarantee might be temporary and targeted to cowl Covid-19 economic challenges. It will provisionally final till the end of the yr and be adopted by a evaluation of the TCI market to ensure it could possibly proceed to support companies in the future.
To see whether Book Your Place At The Biggest Vape Exhibition In Russia Global Vape Fest Moscow might be eligible, and guidance on the process, please click here . The Government is within the means of drafting steering relating to those grants. This might be put onto the CLA website when out there together with a members’ briefing notice on out there business support. A further £594 million might be obtainable as discretionary funding to support other impacted companies. In March 2020, following the closure of pubs, cafes and restaurants on account of coronavirus, the government announced that they might permit these establishments briefly, to provide takeaway meals. The Government has introduced that the present ban on evicting businesses from premises that was due to finish on 31 December 2020 will now be prolonged be prolonged until 31 March 2021. We have famous the government’s scientific recommendation that outdoors areas have a considerably lower infection rate than these outdoors.
In June 2008, the federal government introduced that it was closing a tax loophole being used by Tesco. The scheme, identified by British journal Private Eye, utilised offshore holding firms in Luxembourg and partnership agreements to scale back company tax liability by up to £50 million a 12 months. Another scheme beforehand recognized by Private Eye involved depositing £1 billion in a Swiss partnership, and then loaning that money to abroad Tesco outlets, in order that revenue might be transferred not directly by way of curiosity payments. This scheme was nonetheless in operation in June 2008 and was estimated to be costing the UK exchequer up to £20 million a year in corporation tax. Tax professional Richard Murphy has supplied an evaluation of this avoidance structure. Yes, those in Tier 4 can train or meet in a public outside place with individuals they live with, their support bubble, or with one other individual.
- Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a number of DMOs are currently facing cash flow points and lack of commercial income.
- The new funding will be sure that DMOs can proceed to offer enterprise help and start to prepare for recovery.
- DMOs provide professional advice and steerage to local companies and are an essential part of creating and selling English tourism.
The goal of the fund is to help small and medium sized tourism businesses in England to adapt to a new enterprise environment. Grants of as much as £5,000 might be available for companies to pay for specialist professional advice, corresponding to authorized or monetary assistance, the installation of new applied sciences including on-line reserving platforms or to buy new gear. This guidance applies to any institution that gives an on-site service and to any occasions that happen on its premises. It does not apply where companies are taken off-website immediately, for example, a food or drink outlet which solely supplies takeaways. If a business provides a mixture of a sit-in and takeaway service, contact information only needs to be collected for customers who’re dining in.
DMOs present expert recommendation and guidance to native businesses and are an essential a part of growing and promoting English tourism. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a number of DMOs are at present dealing with cash circulate issues and lack of commercial earnings. The new funding will be sure that DMOs can proceed to supply enterprise assist and start to prepare for restoration. The Tourism Minister has introduced that Destination Management Organisations are to obtain £1.3m in additional assist till 30 June to maintain help for native tourism companies. Defra has announced that £10m in grants is to be made obtainable to fisheries and aquaculture companies. Some £9m shall be utilized in direct cash grants with the remaining £1m for use to help fishermen to promote their catch to local communities via finding new routes to market.
The Welsh Assembly has created a Resilience fund geared toward serving to those businesses that are not eligible for the Business Rate Grant or for assist underneath the self-employed grant. It also provides a £10,000 grant to all companies eligible for Small Business Rates Relief with a rateable value of £12,000 or less. This help matches the measures in England providing a boost for small businesses struggling to cope with the influence of the Coronavirus disaster. The Government has updated the guidance on the small grant scheme to clarify that every one grants made beneath the scheme are topic to tax should the enterprise make a revenue through the current financial yr. The Government is supporting sea freight transport firms by committing £35m to ensure there may be enough freight capability to prevent disruption to the flows of products throughout the UK including food and medical provides.
Shoots operating as a business and offering foods and drinks or lodging should observe the related tier guidance for the hospitality sector. The CLA sees the digital abilities agenda as one of the most important issues for the publish Covid-19 period by allowing companies to trade more successfully. We are calling for a national digital skills audit by authorities and a rolling programme of efficient communication to ensure that companies are aware of the digital expertise programmes which are out there. The Government is supporting a new digital skills scheme called “Digital Boost” which goals to offer support for small businesses. BT has included a variety of webinars to help support small businesses enhance their digital abilities through the Covid-19 outbreak.
The webinars are to assist small business owners and their workers on a variety of subjects including digital marketing, utilizing collaboration instruments and the way to get a enterprise online. All fieldwork, undertaken by Natural England and their contractors, remains suspended till additional notice consistent with government guidance on social distancing and important travel. However, NE advisers are in a position to give recommendation with out always needing to visit, specifically where they have labored with the farmer before.
Given that this is the case, and the government has stated that it wants to pilot and monitor re-openings, we imagine that certain classes of rural tourism companies ought to be permitted to start trading again through the Step 2 phase (1 June – three July). The government has set out three steps that set out what will be allowed and which lockdown measures are nonetheless in drive. Here, we look at what Step three means for rural companies and the agricultural financial system.
The Government has announced a new £10m scheme from the European Regional Development Fund to assist tourism companies adapt after Covid-19. The government has launched a £14m assist fund for zoos and aquariums affected during the Covid-19 outbreak. Zoos and Aquariums have closed due to the Government lockdown which has affected the viability of many businesses. Details of the eligibility standards, including the factors for the aquaculture sector and help for local tasks, will be announced by the Marine Management Organisation .
Here, we study what Step 2 means for rural companies and the agricultural economy. This is significant to retain the confidence of employees and the general public. The CLA believes that industries have to work together to design threat assessments that cater for the wants of companies, are simple to finish and underline protected practice always. We totally settle for that businesses should solely be permitted to reopen based on the most recent scientific advice.
They will administer the fund and contacting eligible registered owners and licence holders immediately in phases with particulars of how to apply, starting on Monday April 20 by way of to early May. The 3-month help scheme goals to fulfill the instant wants of the trade by helping English fishing and aquaculture companies with their fastened prices similar to corresponding to insurance coverage, tools hire and port costs. For the catching sector, the fund shall be open to beneath-24m vessel house owners with fishing licences registered in England who recorded gross sales of £10,000 or extra in 2019. There are actually extra particulars regarding the Government’s new Bounce Back Loan Scheme, including eligibility standards.
The up to date guidance units out how Local Authorities could manage entry and the variety of people who are able to be on site at anybody time. The CLA has been lobbying Government to extend the financial help schemes, and we are pleased to see that these issues have been addressed. This lobbying will continue and we’ll seek to ensure that the Government’s measures proceed to assist rural companies within the quick, medium and long run. The Chancellor has introduced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to be prolonged until the top of April 2021 with the federal government persevering with to contribute eighty% in direction of wages and businesses contributing 20% of wages plus NI and Pension contributions.
It is incumbent on all of us to ensure that well being of the general public is not jeopardised. However, individuals are advised to wear face coverings in enclosed public areas the place social distancing is not attainable or where they’re more likely to come into contact with people they would not normally meet. But people won’t be allowed to stay at another residence for a vacation or any other objective and this contains visiting second houses. This signifies that businesses corresponding to holiday cottages, caravan parks, resorts and bed and breakfasts will stay closed, except they’re offering accommodation for particular reasons, corresponding to for key and important employees. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which was meant to finish on 31 October and be replaced by the Job Support Scheme, is now to stay in place until December, with the phrases of the scheme reverting to the Scheme as it was in August. This signifies that workers receiving 80% of their present salary for hours not labored, up to a maximum of £2,500 and businesses paying for NI and pension contributions.
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Temecula Boy Scout Troop 337 held its fall community-service project, a food drive to support Project T.O.U.C.H. on Oct. 7.
Collecting donations in front of the Albertsons grocery store on Rancho California Road in Temecula from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. were Eagle Scout Brandon Cahill and David Filippini, both seniors at Chaparral High School.
The scouts collected more than 600 pounds of canned and nonperishable items to support Project T.O.U.C.H and its efforts to help those less fortunate.
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Henderson, Nev. Las Vegas-area jeweler M.J. Christensen announced it will reopen its Galleria Mall location in Henderson under a new name.
According to the retailer, the conversion to the new LaReverie concept at Galleria will begin immediately following the completion of a special eight-week store closing and consolidation sale now underway at all four of the nationally known retailer’s metro Las Vegas stores.
M.J. Christensen said it intends to continue operating under its namesake brand at its three freestanding locations at Boca Park and Montecito Marketplace, both in Las Vegas and in Henderson.
The LaReverie store is slated to open in July. “LaReverie will bring together exciting international designer brands focusing on price points primarily between $300 and $2,500, and have strong self-purchase appeal for the fashion-conscious woman,” president and CEO Cliff Miller said.


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SRAX Joins Big Tech Leaders and Interactive Advertising Bureau to Assist Government Officials Making State and National-Level Policy Changes for Consumer Data Privacy and Compensation in 2019
California State Capital is First Stop in Making Changes that will Impact Ad Agencies, Brands and Consumers Across the Board
Social Reality, Inc., a digital marketing and consumer data management technology company, announces its involvement with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and some of the biggest leaders in tech, including Hulu, NBC Universal, iHeartMedia, and more, to work with government officials as they consider state and national-level privacy legislation that will impact consumers, brands and ad agencies in 2020 and beyond.
In Sacramento, California, Senator Nancy Skinner, Assemblymember Miguel Santiago and others met with SRAX COO, Kristoffer Nelson, as well as big tech and media leaders, to discuss major changes that will influence change over The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), a bill passed in June 2018 to enhance privacy rights and consumer protections for residents of the US state of California. The law, which will take effect on January 1, 2020, introduces new privacy rights for consumers and requires companies that conduct business in the State of California to implement structural changes to their privacy programs.
“As leaders in the digital advertising industry who cater to both brands and consumers, it’s our obligatory duty to ensure all sides are represented when it comes to big decisions impacting the future of consumer data privacy,” said Kristoffer Nelson, COO of SRAX and co-founder of BIGtoken. “As legislators evaluate potential amendments to the CCPA, it’s important they understand how data is used in digital advertising, including the many procedural and technical safeguards that are standard in the industry and differentiate data used for digital advertising from more sensitive types of data collection and use. A deep understanding of the entire ecosystem will be necessary before decisions are made that will impact jobs across the country.” Nelson continued, “We at SRAX and BIGtoken are proponents of sensible legislation that protects consumers while allowing for commercial data use that powers the digital economy.”
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Across the US, the ad-supported internet creates 10.4 million jobs and contributes $1.121 trillion to the economy, according a March 2017 study conducted for the IAB by Harvard Business School Professor John Deighton. Notably, 44 percent of the jobs directly created by the ad-supported internet are with small and mid-sized businesses.
Advertisers and marketers have increasingly turned to Big Data and need a way to assure the information collected from target audiences accurately fits their business needs and the needs and rights of consumers. Moreover, most data is controlled by limited organizations, making it difficult for organizations to operate effectively, and limiting the value consumers can extract from products that give them transparency, control and compensation. Platforms such as SRAX’s BIGtoken, enables the secure and transparent transmission of data, protecting both users and advertisers, while distributing fair value to its users. As decisions are made that will impact large and small companies in the future, platforms like BIG are a saving grace for all parties involved.
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Hyundai feels the pain in China
Hot on the heels of announcements from their global competitors, Hyundai Motor Corp of Korea has released information on how it too will be cutting prices and reviewing its own line-up of models in China, as sales of passenger vehicles in the largest car market in the world slow to snail’s pace, albeit a very fast snail compared to most of the rest of the world.
China is Hyundai’s biggest market by far and a territory where it has very successfully beaten out their Japanese rivals to become the third largest manufacturer behind GM and VW. So the company will most certainly not be happy about the seemingly prolonged downturn in business and the advent of a much more competitive marketing environment. In fact, Hyundai has been feeling the heat for some time. With profits having fallen for six quarters in a row and with deliveries falling by 8.59% in the first half of the year, they have obviously been spurred into action.
All of the automakers have been wrestling with the new reality of lower sales growth than had previously been enjoyed, and at least some of the downturn is due to the cap on new sales in some cities as the local authorities battle to reduce the choking air-pollution that is blighting so much of China. BMW, Audi, VW and Toyota have already had rebellions in their distribution networks that have left them paying out massive rebates to avoid dealer strikes and defections (see Cooling China creates problems for Car Manufacturers and Toyota set to lose top spot to VW) and will leave them giving financial support for at least the near future to allow the clearance of bloated inventories.
“In the mid to long term, its inevitable for us to cut production costs as the local car manufacturers are aggressively increasing sales with competitive pricing. We also plan to aid business stabilisation of dealers in China so that they may keep an appropriate amount of inventory,” said Lee Won Hee, the CFO for Hyundai China said. Adding dealers and reviewing capacity is obviously high on the “to-do” list of Hyundai management in China, but at this time the company will continue to build China specific vehicles like the Mistra sedan.
Like many others, Hyundai will not make its China sales target this year and will be hoping to make up the short fall in other markets. But with such turmoil in the Eurozone, Russia in free-fall coupled with the stagnant economic growth in China, it is hard to see how and where Hyundai will be able to achieve this.


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Australia will get the high-powered version of the Fiat Spider sports-car when it goes on sale locally later this year.
Pricing is yet to be confirmed but the twin-under-the-skin to the Mazda MX-5 -- made on the same Japanese production line -- is expected to cost close to $40,000, putting it in direct competition with the car on which it is based.
Fiat Australia had been considering whether to bring in the regular version of the Spider, the flagship Abarth, or both models.
But the company confirmed this week it would only import the top-of-the-range model for now.
Both Fiat Spider models are powered by a 1.4-litre turbo four-cylinder engine, but the Abarth edition has more grunt (126kW/250Nm versus the standard car's 104kW/240Nm).
MX-5 sales are at "record levels" and show no signs of slowing
Fiat claims the Spider Abarth can accelerate from 0 to 100kmh in 6.8 seconds, weighs just 1060kg and has a perfect 50:50 weight distribution for better balance in corners.
The Abarth also gets a unique "Monza" exhaust to give it more character.
Meanwhile Mazda says it currently has no plans to fit the Fiat's turbocharged engine to the MX-5.
Instead, the Mazda MX-5 will continue to be available with a choice of 1.5-litre (from $31,990) or 2.0-litre (from $34,490) four-cylinder power.
Later this year, Mazda will introduce the MX-5 RF with a retractable hard top lid priced close to $40,000.
Mazda Australia says MX-5 sales are at "record levels" and show no signs of slowing.
Last month, the Mazda MX-5 was voted World Car of the Year for 2016, the automotive industry's top award. The Mazda MX-5 also took out the World Car Design award for 2016.
Meanwhile, the world's biggest selling sports-car is due to pass the 1 million milestone within weeks.
Mazda says it will keep the 1 millionth MX-5 made as a museum piece after it rolls off the Japanese production line during a special ceremony.
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HUNTINGTON — Shelly Keeney, new market director at the Wild Ramp in the heart of Central City in Huntington, is asking individuals and businesses to consider making a donation to support its market and programs.
“The Wild Ramp encourages donations of $500 until March 15, 2020, to receive a $250 Neighborhood Investment Program (NIP) Tax Credit,” Keeney said. “All NIP donations will be earmarked for our Mobile Market and SNAP Stretch Programs for increased access to healthy, local food.”
Tri-State Local Foods Inc., dba The Wild Ramp, is a year-round, nonprofit 501(c)(3) farmers market with a mission to provide a viable economic outlet for local food producers while providing consumers access to locally grown agricultural products, Keeney explained.
“The Neighborhood Investment Program (NIP) is a tax credit program that allows 501(c)(3) charitable organizations to distribute tax credit vouchers for donations,” she said. “Individuals or businesses can apply for vouchers. Contributions can be in the form of cash, personal property, real estate, stock and in-kind professional services.”
Keeney says the minimum eligible donation is $500.
“The last day to apply is March 15, 2020,” she said.
For more information, contact Lauren Kemp at the Wild Ramp at 412-735-9492 or email them at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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AMD's RDNA 2 gaming architecture will fully support DirectX 12 Ultimate
Supporting modern features like DirectX Raytracing and Variable Rate Shading is increasingly important moving forward.
What you need to know
- AMD's RDNA 2 gaming architecture will fully support DirectX 12 Ultimate.
- RDNA 2 will power the next generation of AMD Radeon graphics cards and the Xbox Series X.
- DirectX 12 Ultimate brings DirectX Raytracing, Variable Rate Shading, Mesh Shaders, and more features to devices.
AMD announced today that its upcoming RDNA 2 gaming architecture will fully support DirectX 12 Ultimate. AMD RDNA 2 will power the next generation of AMD Radeon graphics cards and the Xbox Series X. The architecture has four key features, DirectX Raytracing (DXR), Variable Rate Shading (VRS), Mesh Shaders, and Sampler Feedback.
DXR makes games look more realistic. AMD and Microsoft worked together to design DXR 1.1, which is an update to the original DXR. The newer version features better performance and improved efficiency for many raytracing effects. AMD states that when devices such as PCs and consoles support DXR 1.1 and AMD RDNA 2 architecture that gamers will "experience stunning, next-level visuals in games that support DirectX 12 Ultimate." AMD shared the video below to show off these features in action.
One of the main benefits of companies like AMD and Microsoft working on a unified standard is that new features will be in more games. AMD states that "With this new common graphics standard for both PC and consoles, gamers can expect to see advanced effects like raytracing come to more games sooner." AMD adds that DirectX 12 Ultimate also makes things easier for developers.
Many of the features that are available through DirectX 12 Ultimate are already available, but bringing them into a unified suite makes it easier for developers to utilize them. With DirectX 12 Ultimate working on the Xbox Series X and AMD's new RDNA 2 gaming architecture supporting it, developers will produce quite a few titles that use the latest features.
There's a lot to digest when it comes to DirectX 12 Ultimate. We break down its features, what makes it unique, and what it means for gamers in our post covering DirectX 12 Ultimate's announcement.
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The Organising Committee is pleased to confirm that
Dr Simon Adams, of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect,
will be giving a keynote address at the conference. Further speakers will be confirmed soon.
The 2021 Conference will take place in a hybrid form: panellists and attendees can participate either in person, or online.
COVID-19 and a Hybrid Conference
Because we are living in unprecedented times, this conference will take place both online and in-person, to ensure the event is as accessible as possible for all participants and attendees.
By taking this approach, the opportunities to participate in this conference can be much more inclusive, allowing people who may not normally be able to travel to the UK to participate in this event.
Panellists will have the option of attending in-person or presenting remotely online.
Attendees will be able to join the conference live, online, and interact with the speakers and panellists through online Q&As. When registration opens, there will be a limited number of spaces for attendees to purchase and register for in-person attendance.
Should coronavirus restrictions be eased, numbers for in-person attendance will be increased accordingly. However, should restrictions be tightened, or the UK enter a further ‘Lockdown’ situation, numbers for attendance will be reduced, or the conference will be moved online completely.


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Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O’Dwyer has released draft legislation for new superannuation income stream regulations for public consultation.
The proposed regulations are part of the government’s superannuation taxation reforms.
They introduce a new set of design rules for lifetime superannuation income stream products that will enable retirees to better manage consumption and longevity risk in retirement, Ms O’Dwyer has said.
“These new rules will remove taxation barriers to the development of new products that will provide greater flexibility in the design of income stream products to give more choice to consumers, while ensuring income is provided throughout retirement,” she said.
“The development of these new products is a precursor to the development of Comprehensive Income Stream Products for Retirement, or CIPRs.
“I encourage all interested stakeholders to provide their views so that we can give effect to these important reforms as effectively as possible.”
The regulations are intended to cover a range of innovative income stream products including deferred products, investment-linked pensions and annuities and group self-annuitised products, Ms O’Dwyer said.
The deadline to make submission is 12 April 2017.
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Edinburgh St James, the £1bn mixed-use development in the city centre, has appointed Nick Peel as managing director of the development when it opens to the public in October this year.
With construction of the scheme’s retail and leisure elements nearing their anticipated completion date in 2020, Nick will head the onsite team, which will oversee the day-to-day management of the asset as it opens to the public and the addition of the residential, cinema, apart hotel and hotel as they are opened over the course of 2021.
Nick brings with him years of high-profile operational management and commercial property experience having previously been the head of asset and estate management at Battersea Power Station, where he was responsible for consumer marketing, commercialisation and experiential and digital strategies. Prior to his role at Battersea, Nick was head of UK retail property management at Landsec for five years and spent two years working as Arsenal Football Club’s retail director.
Nick specialises in the operational management of large-scale retail led development projects and, as well as Battersea Power Station, has worked on Leeds Trinity and Bristol Cabot Circus for LandSec in the UK and Msheireb Downtown Doha in Qatar.
Commenting on his appointment, Nick said: “This is an extremely exciting project and I’m especially keen to continue to raise the profile of Edinburgh St James within consumer brands and businesses as it opens, which will help ensure a truly sustainable project. I’m committed to driving the best environmental practices and working on our digital approach to benefit our consumers for the future.”
Nick’s appointment follows the announcement that CWM Retail Property Advisors and P-THREE will join ESJ’s leasing team.
Martin Perry, Director of Development at Edinburgh St James, commented: “Edinburgh St James will reflect the city’s position as a European cosmopolitan city with a thriving economy and unique appeal to residents and tourists alike. Nick brings a wealth of experience and leadership quality to ensure the management of the completed development is to a world class standard befitting the aspirations of the project. Nick shares our vision for the site and will help to build strong relationships with the exciting brands we are bringing to the city – complementing and enhancing everything Edinburgh has to offer.”
When complete, Edinburgh St James will span five floors of prime shopping, dining, leisure and entertainment and it is expected to welcome in excess of 20 million visitors a year. Comprising 850,000 sq ft of retail space, Edinburgh St James will integrate with the premium shopping street of Multrees Walk, George Street and Princes Street; completing the city’s primary retail circuit.
The development will also be home to 30 new restaurants, cafés and bars and W Edinburgh which will be the brand’s first hotel in Scotland, and includes 244 stylish guestrooms, a buzzing destination bar, outdoor terrace, signature restaurant and an AWAY® Spa. All of which will sit alongside a 75 room aparthotel for Roomzzz, 152 luxury apartments by Native Land and 1600 public vehicle spaces. In addition, nine new event spaces that fully interact with the cities vibrant calendar are being created within the development.


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Solar Landscape has energized a 562-kW rooftop solar project at 11 Engelhard Drive in Monroe, New Jersey, for J.G. Petrucci Company.
The solar panel system was completed on the rooftop of the 132,000 sq. ft building owned and operated by J.G. Petrucci Company, and will generate enough energy to offset the electric consumption of the building’s tenant, L&R Distributors.
“Environmental leaders like J.G. Petrucci understand that business-as-usual energy models are not sustainable and have embraced smart practices like solar to improve their facilities and fortify their operations,” said Shaun Keegan, CEO and co-founder of Solar Landscape. “From its many philanthropic initiatives, J. G. Petrucci has been a longtime role model in the industry for giving back to the community. This successful solar project is a continuation of the ways our companies are aligned.”
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Charges of harassment and abuse against major players in the fashion world have put the industry under scrutiny. NPR’s Lynn Neary talks to model Sara Ziff, who founded a nonprofit to protect models.
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MetGen's Matti Heikkilä & Spinverse's Laura Koponen on Finnish national tv Huomenta Suomi: wood to replace oil
MetGen's CTO, Matti Heikkilä, and Laura Koponen, Managing Director of Spinverse were on Finnish national tv, Huomenta Suomi, discussing the grand vision: wood to replace oil. In practice wood will be used to produced products, which are currently made from oil, starting with packaging materials. Moreover, the SWEETWOODS project, a consortium of nice European companies, has received 21M€ of EU-funding with the aim of producing wood-based biomaterials for the first time on an industrial scale. These wood-based materials can be used to replace plastic in various everyday applications.


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The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) aims to expand its sales network, including dealerships of its LCVSuper Carry, by at least 10 per cent this fiscal, according to a top company official.
The company, which currently has a network of around 2,625 dealerships across the country, is also aiming for a double digit growth in the current fiscal.
"We are continuously increasing our sales network. This fiscal we plan to increase the number of outlets by at least 10 per cent," MSI Senior Executive Director, Marketing and Sales, R S Kalsi told PTI.
The company added around 350 sales outlets in 2017-18, he added.
The company would add outlets under its various retail channels like Nexa and Arena, besides enhancing the network for its light commercial vehicle Super Carry, Kalsi said.
The company sold over 10,000 units of its LCV Super Carry from over 100 outlets last year.
Kalsi said Super Carry sales would be even better this fiscal with network in place across the country.
Commenting on the sales outlook for the current fiscal, Kalsi said that with various macro economic factors in the positive zone, the company expects to again achieve a double digit growth this fiscal.
"Macro economic factors seem to be positive, GDP growth forecast is on the higher side and there are expectations of a good monsoon, so all these factors will be contributing positively towards the market sentiment and we are confident that we will be able to do double digit growth this fiscal as well," he added.
The company sold a total of 16,53,500 units in 2017-18, a growth of 14.5 per cent over 2016-17.
On new product launches he said the company would introduce 5 new products over the next 2 years.
In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath of factory shutdowns, localised lockdowns and closure of dealerships there have been sales of vehicles in May 2021, though far below the numbers in April. Here is a list of the top 10 vehicles sold in May. The data reveals the surge of SUVs and the displacement of traditional best sellers in the Indian automotive market.
The police confirmed that the car was not cut open by the rescue team and that it was the impact of the crash that caused the split in the vehicle. They added that since the fuel tank is just under the seat and the fuel lines run below, no rescue worker would dare to cut open the floor to save the passengers.


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LG’s four-step plan to advance Artificial Intelligence and enhance our lives
AI is going be playing a bigger part of our lives from now on and LG has outlined a new framework at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for the deployment of the technology which it hopes will become a seamless transition into our lives.
But LG president and chief technology officer IP Park says it has to be something that people want and that will add value to their lives.
“I don’t want technology to be evolving for the sake of technology.” Dr Park told Tech Guide.
“It has to provide value to customers. So if it’s something meaningful they will accelerate development, if it’s not really meaningful there is no point in doing it.”
AI, while helpful, has to also take onto consideration our privacy and wellbeing.
“We want AI and all other technologies to be helpful to us – we don’t want AI to be something that is obstructing our privacy or taking away things that should be ours,” Dr Park said.
“We need to keep a good balance their between technology, privacy and humanity.
“That’s one thing the industry really has to focus on going forward especially with respect to privacy and security.”
Mr Park says a big challenge with AI is trying to establish what people want from technology and he says many companies are not getting this right.
“For many high tech companies their focus is not in the right direction,” he said.
“Their focus is on providing technologies they think people want.
“People want something that is really valuable to them. I want to make sure we provide AI and other technologies that really provide benefits to customers – not just pushing technologies to them.”
The ultimate goal for AI according to Dr Park would be for people to not even notice it is there.
“Human experience is probably one of the most important things as we make products so we can talk about AI technology and being more and more advanced but also we need to focus on the human experience,” he said.
“We talk about things like user interface and user experience and how that’s important so as we develop AI we need to make sure the AI experience is something that is much easier to use, more seamless and more value providing to humans.”
LG has partnered with Element AI to create four levels of AI that will, over time, create a meaningful impact in customers lives.
This structured framework incudes Efficiency (Level 1), Personalisation (Level 2), Reasoning (Level 3) and Exploration (Level 4).
Efficiency is where devices and systems can be automated which is already possible with simple commands and voice control.
Personalisation looks at patterns and learns to optimise specific functions as well as accumulate data and interact with the environment.
Reasoning, the third level, uses causality learning through the collective intelligence of a system that is made of different devices and services.
LG can take advantage of its diverse product portfolio and numerous intelligent touchpoints and gather information to understand why things are happening.
But the ultimate destination for LG’s AI journey will be Exploration which will use a concept called Experimental Learning which will allow the system to develop new capabilities to learn and improve over time.
* Stephen Fenech travelled to Las Vegas with support from LG, Samsung and Hisense


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Friday, December 23, 2011
Marc by Marc Jacobs Saving a Forest
Do you want to attract the attention of patients who considered themselves environmentalists? This tidbit could help. Marc by Marc Jacobs has jumped behind the Nature Conservancy"s (TNC) and its new "Plant a Seed, Grow Your Tree, and Save the Forest." The program will promote TNC's "Plant a Billion Trees" project that is designed to restore the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. Marc by Marc Jacobs will make a contribution to TNC and has created a website (www.plantaseedproject.com) to provide deatils about the campaign and allows visitors to plant virtual trees. There's also a Facebook site. Marc by Marc Jacobs makes its MMJ 261/s sunglasses from a material derived from castor-oil seeds. The chocolate coloured sunglasses, which feature leaf textured temples, are packaged in a case made from repurposed leather.


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WTF? @backblaze’s B2 web UI seems to submit all of the names and sizes of my files in my B2 bucket to facebook. I noticed because I saw “waiting for facebook.com” at the bottom while trying to download a backup…
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We use Google Tag Manager to help deploy key third-party code in a streamlined fashion. The Google Tag Manager implementation includes a Facebook trigger. On March 8, 2021 at 8:39 p.m. Pacific time, a new Facebook campaign was created that started firing a Facebook advertising pixel, intended to only run on marketing web pages. However, it was inadvertently configured to run on signed-in pages. […]
We promptly investigated the matter and, once we were able to identify, verify, and replicate the issue, we removed the offending code from the signed-in pages on March 21, 2021 at 11:19 p.m. Pacific time.
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There is a long history of engineering problems. Just one example: it seems to still be the case that the Backblaze client reports files as successfully backed up as many as eight hours before they are actually committed to the server. If something happens to your Mac in the interim, you won’t be able to restore them.
I am a keen Backblaze user, but I am frustrated by its limitations and quality problems like these. I still do not fully understand why Apple does not offer a sort of Time Machine in the Cloud product — but, given last year’s report on abandoned plans to allow for end-to-end encryption for iCloud backups, perhaps that is for the best.


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The Fact About bitcoin investment security That No One Is SuggestingInvesting in crytocurrencies
Regardless of many key and minor rate corrections, Bitcoin generally managed to bounce back and Get better. As claimed Formerly by Cointelegraph, RT’s Max Keiser introduced a chart which properly depicts the price craze of Bitcoin over the past number of years.
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Bitcoin is divorced from governments and central financial institutions. It's organized through a network referred to as a blockchain, which is largely a web-based ledger that keeps a secure document of each and every transaction and bitcoin rate all in a single area.
To make it simpler to enter a receiver's deal with, numerous wallets can obtain the deal with by scanning a QR code or touching two telephones along with NFC technology.
However, strong miners could arbitrarily choose to block or reverse current transactions. A vast majority of consumers may put stress for a few alterations to get adopted. Because Bitcoin only performs effectively with a complete consensus concerning all buyers, transforming the protocol could be very difficult and needs an overwhelming bulk of users to adopt the variations in such a way that remaining users have almost no preference but to comply with.
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TiVo’s purchase of MobiTV has been approved by a bankruptcy court.
A bankruptcy court judge in Delaware has approved TiVo’s bid to acquire MobiTV for US$18.5 million. TiVo is now obliged to close the acquisition by 4pm EST on June 1.
TiVo’s parent company Xperi announced that it had won an auction for Mobi TV earlier this month, following the vendor’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company filed for bankruptcy protection on March 1 with US$10-50 million in assets and US$50-100 million in liabilities.
Xperi CEO Jon Kirchner said that the acquisition “immediately expands our capabilities and the addressable market for our IPTV solutions.”
While TiVo won with a bid of US$18.5 million, other bidders in the auction included Amino Technologies, a joint venture of Roku and RPX, TV2 Consulting and an investment firm called Streaming TV Acquisition.


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Every month we have a new graphics card launch it seems. This month it could be two with the HD 5830 rumored to come out in the final week of this month as well. I've mentioned a few times that while NVIDIA have started from the bottom and are working their way up, ATI chose to start at the top and work their way down.
While that's been true for the most part, the HD 5830 would actually slot in between the HD 5850 and HD 5770. But today we're not looking at that, we're checking out the new HD 5670 from Sapphire which is the new lowest end model to come in to the HD 5000 series and sits directly below the HD 5750."


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Apple’s suppliers hint at new screens for 2017 iPhone
“Some tooling or machinery orders now set up suppliers for the fall of 2017,” said Gene Munster, a Minneapolis-based analyst at Piper Jaffray.
The first evidence came last week when Applied Materials Inc reported an almost fourfold leap in orders for equipment to make displays, an early sign producers are retooling their manufacturing to meet Apple's demand for a new kind of organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, screen. The technology will allow Apple to upgrade the biggest component of its main product.
“Some tooling or machinery orders now set up suppliers for the fall of 2017,” said Gene Munster, a Minneapolis-based analyst at Piper Jaffray. “It sets up the iPhone in the fall of 2017 to be more of an impactful upgrade than the fall of this year.” Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller declined to comment.
Apple needs new features to rekindle growth while the smartphone market slows as consumers take longer to upgrade their handsets. The company's quarterly sales fell for the first time in 13 years in the three months through March as iPhone demand waned. Investors are divided over whether the decline shows that smartphone sales have peaked, or whether current customers are waiting for the new iPhone model before they buy.
A new screen may help Apple foster future growth. For Applied, the flood of orders isn't a onequarter event, its management said. That highlights both the scale of investment needed to produce such technology and the amount of capacity needed to supply Apple. Applied, the biggest maker of machines that manufacture screens, said new orders for that division totaled $700 million in its second quarter, close to what it normally gets in a year. Orders were $180 million in the three-month period a year earlier.
“It's not a peak or a one-time event,” said Applied Materials Chief Executive Officer Gary Dickerson. “This is going to be sustainable growth. We all know who is the leader in terms of mobile products.”
Emphasising that the new displays will make their way into the iPhone in 2017, rather than in the new device expected to be introduced in September, Applied said it takes as long as three quarters to build, deliver and install their large machines.
OLED screens are thinner because they don't require a back light. They also represent colors more vividly and are more energy efficient, which may help extend the iPhone's battery life. Samsung Electronics Co., LG Display Co. and Foxconn Technology Group-owned Sharp Corp., all of whom are Apple suppliers, have announced increased spending on the new display technology in the past two months.
Apple is the biggest customer for all three companies, with Sharp getting about 20 percent of its revenue from the Cupertino, California-based company, LG Display receiving more than 30 percent and Samsung deriving 4.8 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Analysts also expect Samsung to use the new screen technology in its top-of-the-line handsets.


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You may not have to watch the throne when Kanye West comes around anymore, but you better watch what you’re wearing! Yes, Kanye was caught with his pants down not too long ago causing an epic fashion fail, but that doesn’t mean the rumoured other half of Kim Kardashian isn’t ready to drop some fashion dos and don’ts!
The quixotic rapper decided to take up the role of fashion critic this weekend, and went on a Twitter rant, and man… I feel so sorry for these people he was tweeting about because he happened to tear their wardrobes apart as he was passing them in his car. Check it out below:
But of course! The rapper, who debuted his own clothing line in a star-studded show in Paris last fall, has NEVER been one to keep his mouth shut about his opinions (cue in Taylor Swift).
Any guesses on how far he traveled to see all of these fashion fails? He tweets:
Jeez…and we thought Joan Rivers from E!’s Fashion Police was hard to please!


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Commuter Rewards CBS News
Ari Zoldan Quantum Networks CEO talks about the reasons why rewarding apps aren’t that popular, yet. A new app called Commuter Pays is a free app that gives you rewards based on how many miles you travel. The question is why wouldn’t someone want this app? With these types of apps you recieve gifts ,but are you willing to give up your privacy for a Starbucks giftcard?


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3% lower than a year earlier, at £166,256, the building society said.
Prices for the three months to September compared with the previous quarter were unchanged.
Market turmoil as a result of the eurozone debt crisis had hit confidence among buyers, Nationwide said.
"Sentiment towards major purchases is depressed, as a result of weak labour market conditions and ongoing pressure on household budgets from above-target inflation," said Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist.
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